Trying to throw away old vinyl

[shortfatb]

Going through some old vinyl planning to get rid of some to give us more space, but I listened to them all and now I'm keeping them. They're not all great but they've all got something and some of it still sounded great.

Anyone got an opinion on any of these or a similar inability to get rid of music however unlistened to.


ClockDVA Breakdown Remix 12"



DAF Gold Und Liebe


DAF Alles ist Gut



Scars Author Author



Rip, Rig and Panic Bob Hope 12"



Rip, Rig and Panic God



Steve Nieve Keyboard Jungle



Tracey Thorn A Distant Shore



Swell Maps A Trip to Marineville
Including the 7" with Steven Does and Loin of the Surf on it



Mutant Disco Compilation



James Chance and the Contortions Second Chance

[The Modernist]

I've got quite a few of those vinyl records myself -namely the ClockDVA, Rip Rig & Panic and DAF ones. We must have been into the same stuff! They're all in my mum's loft and she's been on at me to get rid of them for years. But it's too much of a nightmare for me transport them to my flat but I don't want to get rid of them either, so I keep coming up with lame delaying tactics.
Good version of Black Angels Death Song on Breakdown's b-side I always thought.

[yomptepi]

It would be a mistake to throw out A trip to Marineville.

It is worth a few bob you know...

[shortfatb]

I've got quite a few of those vinyl records myself -namely the ClockDVA, Rip Rig & Panic and DAF ones. We must have been into the same stuff! They're all in my mum's loft and she's been on at me to get rid of them for years. But it's too much of a nightmare for me transport them to my flat but I don't want to get rid of them either, so I keep coming up with lame delaying tactics.
Good version of Black Angels Death Song on Breakdown's b-side I always thought.

I think most of them were bought without hearing them, just from recommendations from NME or The Face at the time! The DAF stuff still sounds good, I was reminded of it by the new VW Golf ad where the guy fights himself as the music sounds like them, it's actually Keine Melodien which is on the 2manydjs album, which is maybe why I went upstairs in the first place.

The Steve Nieve was from a time when I bought everything by Elvis and the Attractions, Swell Maps were from Leamington where I live and the Mutant Disco and Contortions stuff was part of that Kid Creole/Was not Was/James White/Black/Chance obsession that gave rise to horrible British copy bands.

The Velvets song is a good cover, you're right, I've just listened to it for the first time in 20 plus years.

[shortfatb]

It would be a mistake to throw out A trip to Marineville.

It is worth a few bob you know...

Really? Well I won't throw it away, I won't be throwing any of them away, I'll just find somewhere else to store them as usual.

[CharliePalloy]

I have "Mutant Disco" ( The great Coati Mundi's finest moment )and did have "the scars " and the Steve Nieve albums ,I am planning a clear out ,some of the stuff I get in weak moments really has me shaking my own head


I was going to put some on Ebay but it really is hit and miss and lately I have noticed my local charity shops dont seem to have a vinyl section ,just cd's and DVD'S

[Hugh]

I have Mutant Disco too. I particularly like Bustin' Out and Wheel Me Out.

[Muskrat]

I'm going (as I may have mentioned) on a major cleaning out of my files. So far, I've got rid of a couple thousand CDs, and almost as much vinyl (sorry, Goldwax -- you waited too long).

And I'm still going through my collection, sorting and tossing. Well, not exactly tossing; I've got a couple of dealers who make house calls and haul 'em away, paying me whatever they damned well please. It's like those commercials you see on TV: "send us all your old jewelry, watches and other precious metals, and we'll send you a check for what we damned well say it's worth. And you can't argue, because now we've got your stuff."*

The original plan was to rid myself of practically everything. Probably a good idea, in the long run, but as it stands I'm still keeping more than half of my CDs -- vinyl's pretty much entirely gone, except a couple of albums by friends too obscure to make it to CD, and a few that I had something to do with that never made it to CD.


Funny thing is, you can peer into my apartment and it still looks like bloody hell. Oh -- and I'm distraught by how many CDs I find myself owning more than one copy of.



* when whined at, the wise guys reply, "Well, if you want them all back, so you can try to find another dealer..."

[soundchaser]

In the late seventies, I made the mistake of getting rid of a load of vinyl that I thought I’d outgrown. It was the time of new wave: I had cut my hair, straightened my jeans & I wanted in. I contacted Cob Records who used to advertise in NME and they took those old albums in exchange for something new. I ended up missing all of those albums terribly and have since re-bought most of them on CD.

[shortfatb]

In the late seventies, I made the mistake of getting rid of a load of vinyl that I thought I’d outgrown. It was the time of new wave: I had cut my hair, straightened my jeans & I wanted in. I contacted Cob Records who used to advertise in NME and they took those old albums in exchange for something new. I ended up missing all of those albums terribly and have since re-bought most of them on CD.

I went to Uni late and had no cash and was shifting 10 to 15 albums a week just to keep alive in the mid 80's, all stuff from about '74 onwards and mainly from '76 onwards. I also sold over 200 punk and new wave singles in 1987 for £100, I have nightmares about the treasures that were in there.

[Short Goalie]

In the late seventies, I made the mistake of getting rid of a load of vinyl that I thought I’d outgrown. It was the time of new wave: I had cut my hair, straightened my jeans & I wanted in. I contacted Cob Records who used to advertise in NME and they took those old albums in exchange for something new. I ended up missing all of those albums terribly and have since re-bought most of them on CD.

I went to Uni late and had no cash and was shifting 10 to 15 albums a week just to keep alive in the mid 80's, all stuff from about '74 onwards and mainly from '76 onwards. I also sold over 200 punk and new wave singles in 1987 for £100, I have nightmares about the treasures that were in there.

In the early eighties I was caught travelling on the tube without a ticket. I had to go to court and pay a £100 fine (things were harsher in those days, before small on-the-spot fines). The only way I could pay it was to sell most of my records, I was left with about 20 or so. I still regret it to this day and I've not sold anything since. Not even the hopelessly crap, laughably useless, free comp cds that, over the years, have been aquired from god knows where.

It must have taught me a lesson, as it is still my only criminal conviction. The Daily Mail would be impressed!

[shortfatb]

In the late seventies, I made the mistake of getting rid of a load of vinyl that I thought I’d outgrown. It was the time of new wave: I had cut my hair, straightened my jeans & I wanted in. I contacted Cob Records who used to advertise in NME and they took those old albums in exchange for something new. I ended up missing all of those albums terribly and have since re-bought most of them on CD.

I went to Uni late and had no cash and was shifting 10 to 15 albums a week just to keep alive in the mid 80's, all stuff from about '74 onwards and mainly from '76 onwards. I also sold over 200 punk and new wave singles in 1987 for £100, I have nightmares about the treasures that were in there.

In the early eighties I was caught travelling on the tube without a ticket. I had to go to court and pay a £100 fine (things were harsher in those days, before small on-the-spot fines). The only way I could pay it was to sell most of my records, I was left with about 20 or so. I still regret it to this day and I've not sold anything since. Not even the hopelessly crap, laughably useless, free comp cds that, over the years, have been aquired from god knows where.

It must have taught me a lesson, as it is still my only criminal conviction. The Daily Mail would be impressed!

Or have you just not been caught? God those late 70's and 80's were tough weren't they? These kids today they don't know etc, etc,.... wipes rheumy eye and reminisces silently before the need to go to the toilet kicks in again.